Homicide suspect Kurtrell Williams is accused of shooting a Harbor Town woman to death after walking through the neighborhood and entering her house through her garage, according to information released in court this week.

After he was taken into custody, Williams gave law enforcement a statement that he had been in the area of Harbor Town “looking for something to eat," according to testimony.

“He said that somehow he ended up walking in through the open garage of Mrs. (Susan) Grissom’s home,” Memphis police Sgt. Eric Kelly testified. “When he walked inside Mrs. Grissom was standing there in the kitchen. He stated that Mrs. Grissom said to him, ‘Can I help you?’ He said he said to her, ‘I’m looking for something.’”

Then, according to Kelly’s testimony explaining Williams’ version of events, she yelled at the intruder, and tried to grab a knife and come at him.

After firing multiple shots at her, Williams took her credit card and between $10 and $15 and left, according to Kelly's testimony.

Grissom’s husband later found her and called 911, Kelly testified. She was found in the kitchen between her sink and a kitchen island, and her purse appeared to be rifled through.

Grissom, 56, was born in Jackson and lived much of her life in Memphis. She was killed Nov. 7.

“Her passions included her faith in God, her family, travel, dining, Grizzlies basketball and enjoying live music,” according to her obituary. “Susan believed in Memphis and loved living in the downtown community. She was a member of Downtown Church and spent the past 25 years of her career with Johnson & Johnson as a sales representative working with optometrists.”

After the shooting, a witness contacted authorities and identified Williams as the person in a media release who was caught on camera after trying to use her card at a store on Third and Crump. A witness also picked him out of a photo lineup as being seen walking around the neighborhood before the homicide.

Before his arrest, officers observed him going in and out of a house in the area of Brighton and Jackson, but he slammed the door on law enforcement and barricaded himself inside for 45 minutes to an hour, Kelly said. Williams eventually opened the door on his own.

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Kurtrell Williams appears in court Thursday morning on a preliminary hearing. Williams remains held without bond on charges of killing Susan Grissom at her Harbor Town home.(Photo: Jim Weber/The Commercial Appeal)

Williams is being held without bond on charges of first-degree murder, especially aggravated burglary and especially aggravated robbery.

Judge Karen Massey found probable cause on all charges Thursday and sent the case to the grand jury phase to await a decision on an indictment.

Court records show Williams' previous charges of aggravated assault, burglary of a building, burglary of a motor vehicle, theft and vandalism in Memphis. Two months before the killing of Grissom, Williams was charged with stealing two cars from the Germantown Athletic Club parking lot, according to Germantown court and police records.

His juvenile history consists of charges in 2014 of simple possession of marijuana, criminal trespass, burglary of a vehicle and theft of property.